8800gtx cooling (running 92 degrees under load)

[raddix64]

So I find posts saying the cooling is fine for this card, but mine apparently isn't. I have the PNY stock cooler on it and it runs hot. While playing the Crysis SP demo I reach 92 degrees Celsius a few minutes in and it stays that way during play.

This card USED to trigger BSOD until I clocked the card down to what a 8800gtx normally runs at, undoing the PNY factory's overclocking.

Is there a good 3rd party cooler I can get for this card? How tricky is it to pull the cooler off the card and redo the thermal paste? I may try using some arctic silver first with the current cooler to see if that helps. 92 just seems awful high.

Raddix

 

[Evilonigiri]

The cooler should be fine. Use Rivatuner to speed up the fan speeds. Most people get around 70C load with 80% fan speed.

 

[raddix64]

No such luck. I am running at 100% fan speed and I get a steady 92.

Raddix

 

[Hatman]

Some high quality thermal compund always helps

 

[raddix64]

There does appear to be damage involved, or at least the problem isn't completely thermal. I have the side panel to the case off at the moment, with a box fan as big as the case pointing in the side. Temperatures have dropped a full 10 degrees, but if I restore the factory overclocking, the glitches come back immediately.

Raddix64

 

[Groveling_Wyrm]

I would say that your heatsink isn't properly seated against the gpu, or that your TIM isn't sealed properly.

 

[raddix64]

I will see what my warranty allows for in regards to reseating the heatsink and give it a shot if I can. I have a service warranty on top of the factory warranty that I got through newegg when I purchased the card. I thought it was a replacement but I was apparently wrong. I would hate to void warranties on the card just to find out that there is something damaged.

Raddix64

 

[Scotteq]

Raddix - Options are limited, but I know that this cooler is supposed to fit and, for whatever they're worth, has good reviews at Newegg:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835109136

Needs a separate fan, tho..

 

[Thanatos421]

That cooler works like a charm! I was having similar issues with my old AGP x1950xt. I pulled the factory sink, installed the HR-03 and a Vantec Toronado with a fan speed controller and voila. It turned out that mine wasn't the core overheating so much as it was the VRM boiling. Either way, that heat sink and a good CFM fan (Toronado is overkill) should solve your problems